In Wuying Hall, Prince Hongjia entered the hall and kowtowed to the emperor.
Zhu Yihai leaned on the dragon-headed staff and tapped the ground lightly, "Prince, please excuse me and come forward."
We haven't seen each other for three years, and now the prince is taller and taller. Especially after the Northern Expedition to destroy the Manchu Tatars, and his military experience, he seems to be more dignified and calm.
Zhu Yihai patted the prince on the shoulder and was very pleased to see the eldest son who was just like him. "Have you seen the North Korean envoy?"
"The Crown Prince of Joseon came to Beijing on behalf of the King of Joseon mainly because the Jurchens crossed the Great Wall of Korea and rebelled there with the former Hamgyeongdo and others who had joined the Jurchens. They hoped that the imperial court would issue an order to make those Jurchens honest."
Zhu Yihai smiled and said, "This is their own business."
The prince was stunned for a moment.
Zhu Yihai looked at the prince and said bluntly, "Are you planning to agree to North Korea's request and want to help North Korea deal with these Jurchens in the northern border of North Korea?"
"Your Majesty, North Korea has always been loyal to our Ming Dynasty. North Korea also sent troops and food when we attacked the Japanese invaders. When our Ming Dynasty sent troops to Japan to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates, they also agreed to lease the Busan Port. In addition to the Jeju Port that was previously a concession, North Korea's loyalty to our Ming Dynasty
They are indeed respectful and loyal. Now that the Jurchens in the north are causing trouble, we have no reason to ignore them."
"Wrong, very wrong!" Zhu Yihai shook his head, "Between countries, the first thing is interests, and only then is trustworthiness discussed. It is true that North Korea is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty, but at critical times, we cannot be confused. Do you think that North Korea is now
How could a Jurchen from such a low level make such a fuss? To be honest with you, I deliberately condoned it."
The prince was surprised.
"North Korea is also a good trading partner of our Ming Dynasty. They now export a large amount of ginseng, iron ore, coal, and graphite to us every year. We not only lease Jeju Port and Busan Port in North Korea, but also cooperate with them to develop many large-scale
Coal, iron ore, and also borrowed a lot of money from them to purchase our Ming Dynasty's firecrackers, artillery, battleship armor, etc..."
The relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea has always been very good, and now the relationship between the two sides is even closer. There are two North Korean eldest princesses in the emperor's harem, as well as many daughters of North Korean nobles, and there is also a North Korean princess and several concubines in the prince's east palace.
The daughter of a North Korean noble.
The economic and trade aspects are even closer. The Ming Dynasty not only cooperated in mining and building factories in North Korea, but also leased ports with them and helped them build ports. Even the North Korean customs are now managed by people sent by the Ming Dynasty. North Korea's new army also has a large number of new troops.
Recruit retired military officers and non-commissioned officers of the Ming Dynasty, etc.
Every year, North Korea sends more than a thousand women to the Ming Dynasty for marriage, including relatives of the royal family, two classes of nobles, and some commoners. In addition, there are also quite a few North Korean students who come to study in the Ming Dynasty every year. The relationship between the two parties is unprecedentedly close.
Now that the Jurchens are in separatist rebellion in northern Korea, it is normal for them to ask the Ming Dynasty for help. In fact, they just want the Ming Dynasty's attitude. As long as the Ming Dynasty allows them, they can deploy new troops to suppress the rebellion. Before getting the Ming Dynasty's permission, they can
, they were also afraid that using troops on the border would cause Ming Dynasty to be dissatisfied.
Originally, this was just a matter of saying hello and going through the formalities to express his loyalty and respect for the Ming Dynasty leader. Of course, the prince also planned to agree to it.
Who would have imagined that the emperor would actually say that he had done something wrong?
Speaking of the Jurchens causing trouble, it is actually a somewhat historical matter.
In fact, during the Yuan Dynasty, North Korea was not only a subsidiary of the Yuan Dynasty, but the Yuan Dynasty penetrated deep into the Korean Peninsula, and its directly administered territory crossed the Yalu River. The Yuan Dynasty not only crossed the Yalu River, but even crossed the Thousand Miles of Wall that was used to defend the Khitan during the Koryo Dynasty.
Hezhou was brought under direct jurisdiction, and the Shuangcheng General Administrative Office was set up in Hezhou to govern its people.
The Yuan Dynasty ruled the Shuangcheng General Administration Office for ninety-nine years. Since the Liao Dynasty, the Shuangcheng and the Goryeo Great Wall have become the boundary between Goryeo and Jurchen.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Tieling Guards were also set up in Shuangcheng, but they were later moved.
Later, the Lee clan of North Korea took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to the southwest and Mobei to send troops to attack the Jurchen tribes north of the Great Wall of Korea. Finally, the border was pushed to the mouth of the Yalu River and the Tumen River. The Ming Dynasty later tacitly recognized it, and North Korea called it the land granted by the Ming Dynasty.
It has continued like this since then.
They no longer use the Goryeo Great Wall as their northern boundary, but the Tumen River and the Yalu River as their northern boundary. The Great Wall has been built for more than 600 years. It starts from the ancient inner city boundary of Haibin in the west, where the Yalu River enters the sea, and spans Weiyuan and Jinghai in the east.
, Xinghua, Ningde and other thirteen cities, Yaode, Jingbian, Hezhou three cities, east across the sea, stretching thousands of miles, with stone cities.
After the Ming Dynasty and North Korea established a new border, most of the Jurchen tribes south of the Tumen River on the Yalu River and north of the Great Wall of Korea were Jurchen tribes in the Changbai Mountains. Later, their strongholds were broken down by the Koreans one after another, and they were forced to surrender and become naturalized.
When the Jurchens rose in Jianzhou, Huang Taiji and his son crossed the river several times. It was also in the name of the Jurchen tribe fleeing south and being taken in by North Korea. Later, the North Korean monarchs and ministers who continued to fight surrendered. However, Huang Taiji's focus was on the Ming Dynasty at that time, so North Korea became a vassal.
After paying tribute, the border with the Ming Dynasty's Yalu River and Tumen River was still maintained.
However, it is true that many Jurchen tribes crossed the Yangtze River and settled in the south. After Zhu Yihai's Northern Expedition, the Ming army deliberately drove some Jurchen tribes across the Yangtze River, and even secretly accepted the submission of some Jurchen tribes who had lived in Korea for many years.
Although the Jurchens have lived in North Korea for many generations, they have always suffered discrimination from North Korea. In fact, not only the Jurchens in the north, but also the entire Koreans in Hamgyong Province were discriminated against by the North Korean court, even though it was the hometown of the founding monarch Li Chenggui.
, is also the hometown of several Korean Jurchen generals, but that's it.
On the contrary, after the Ming Dynasty entered the Northeast, it quickly recruited the Jurchen tribes, traded with them, and even granted officials and rewards. Those Korean Jurchen tribes on the south bank of the Yangtze River saw that the Jurchen tribes in the north of the Yangtze River were treated like this, and then saw that they were discriminated against by the Koreans.
After so many generations, I naturally have the heart to join the Ming Dynasty.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Yihai is also happy to accept this, and has been keeping in touch privately, so over the years, from the Yalu River to the Tumen River, and then to the Great Wall of Korea, the former Shuangcheng General Manager's Office
In the northern border of Korea, the number of Jurchens increased more and more. Many Jurchen tribes from the north went south, ostensibly to defect to North Korea, but secretly they were acting on orders.
After several years of development, these new Jurchen tribes that moved south gradually united with the Jurchen tribes that had gradually moved south, and they have been preparing for it. After the Ming Dynasty basically reestablished order in the Northeast, they happened to rise up and rebel.
North Korea.
They raised flags and elected leaders, saying that these lands were originally owned by their Jurchens and had been theirs since the late Liao Dynasty. In the past, North Korea occupied their land and even enslaved them, but now they wanted to stand on their own feet.
The emperor had been planning for several years, and what he planned was to restore the Korean border line during the Yuan Dynasty. Not only would the Gaima Plateau and the Hamgyong Mountains north of the Great Wall of Korea be restored to the direct control of the Central Plains, but the former Twin Cities General Mansion in the southeast of the Great Wall of Korea would also be restored.
The east Korean Bay is taken away from the Hamkyung Bay Plain.
In this case, Ming Dynasty will completely occupy the strategic high points in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, especially the coastal areas from the Yalu River and Tumen River, which can further weaken North Korea and control it more firmly.
Although the Gaima Plateau is relatively remote and poor, it is very important militarily. It is also an important producing area of Korean ginseng, and the Korean Bay to its east is considered very important by Zhu Yihai.
"Let North Korea fight a war with the Jurchens. When they can't clean up the situation, you will send someone to mediate to stop the Jurchens from continuing to invade the south. Then let North Korea sign an alliance to control the north of the Great Wall of Korea and the two countries.
The city government will be set aside, and the imperial court can set up the Protector's Palace and the Governor's Palace there when the time comes."
Zhu Yihai even thought of the name of the Duhufu Palace he set up. It was called Baishan Duhufu Palace. There were three Dudufu Palaces under it, namely the Yalu River Dudufu Palace, the Tumenjiang Dudufu Palace and the Shuangcheng Dudufu Palace. The court would also need to
The Tieling Guards are being restored in the Twin Cities.
After the prince listened, he remained silent.
"Why, do you have psychological baggage?" Zhu Yihai asked.
"I just think this seems a bit..."
"Put away the knots in your heart. When you become the king of a country, you have to consider the national interests of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, if I didn't have friendship in my heart, you think that the national power of the Ming Dynasty cannot win against North Korea.
The whole territory?”
"Now I just take back the land that didn't belong to them before, which can be regarded as leaving room for them."
"Now North Korea is indeed very loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but who can guarantee that forever, once they have the opportunity and strength, they will not be satisfied with what they have in front of them. In fact, when it comes to the history of the peninsula, from Jizi Korea to Goguryeo and Baekje founded by the Buyeo people, then
They all came south from our Liaodong region. The real Korean indigenous people are the Sanhan tribe at the southern end of the peninsula. The Silla people in the Tang Dynasty were indigenous. They first assisted the Tang Dynasty to destroy Baekje and Goguryeo, and finally took advantage of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo to fight against the iron
Le Zhan mobilized the elite troops stationed on the peninsula, and immediately turned against them and took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack and robbed almost the entire peninsula.
Going back further, when the Khitans ruled the north, Korea on the peninsula built the Great Wall while crossing the Great Wall to seize places such as the Yalu River Estuary. Later, in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties, they also took the opportunity to attack the Yalu River Estuary and the Tumen River Estuary. These were not only
Are they all living examples?”
The prince could not fully understand it for the moment, but he nodded and said he would do what the emperor wanted.
"I plan to restore Zhu Chenggong, Zhu Shengli, Zhu Zhongyi, Zhu Pengfei, and Zhu Dingguo to their original surnames. I will make other arrangements. These brothers of yours are all famous generals who can rule the roost for a while. I leave them to you, but you must be careful.
Use them, and you must not let them get out of control. If you cannot control them one day, then you must deal with them decisively, and you must not let them become a scourge for the court."
The prince didn't understand why the emperor suddenly mentioned this.
"Several sworn brothers have performed very well in commanding troops abroad. Zhu Chenggong has now almost controlled the situation in Japan. The Southern and Northern Dynasties are all afraid of him and have reached an agreement with him. They all agree to control Tsushima, Five Islands,
Kagoshima, Ezo Island, etc. were assigned to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Dingguo also performed very well in Annan. Zhu Chenggong and Zhu Dingguo even submitted a letter last time, proposing to occupy and colonize the Luzon Islands. The Spaniards were not powerful enough and failed to do so.
When you occupy a lot, grab some islands and come over,"
Zhu Yihai said: "Those sworn brothers of yours are all capable people, and they are indeed very loyal to me, but they are still very young, so they must be used and controlled. Only if they are used well can we
It’s a situation where everyone is happy. Remember, people’s ambitions and desires are not born with them, but only arise when they have enough chips in their hands.”
"Most people are loyal only because they don't have enough chips to betray you. If you want someone to be loyal to you, it's best never to give them enough chips to betray you!"